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Adult male. General colour above deep vermilion, rather clearer 

 towards the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser and median wing- 

 coverts vermilion, rather brighter than the back, and having dusky 

 bases : greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 dusky, externally rosy vermilion ; tail deep vermilion, somewhat 

 dusky towards the end, the feathers edged internally with pale rosy 

 vermilion ; crown of head scarlet vermilion, the long crest-feathers 

 dusky at the ends : sides of face and under surface of body rich 

 scarlet vermilion : lores and a narrow line above the nostrils along 

 the base of the forehead, a small mark at the base of the cheeks, and 

 the chin black ; flank-feathers slightly mottled with silky white, the 

 feathers with a subterminal bar of this colour ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts vermilion, with silky white bases ; quills dusky below, 

 pale rosy vermilion along the inner web ; bill horny white in skin, 

 blackish on the upper mandible and at the tip of the lower one : 

 " iris reddish brown " (A. Goering). Total length 7 inches, culmen 

 0-75, wing 3-15, tail 3*1, tarsus 0-9. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 dingy ochreous brown, lighter ochreous on the lower back and rump ; 

 the whole upper surface washed with ashy ; lesser wing-coverts like 

 the back ; median and greater coverts, bastard-wing, primary-coverts, 

 and quills dusky, externally edged with ashy ochreous, and slightly 

 tinged with dull vermilion ; tail dull vermilion, dusky at tip, the 

 feathers edged with ashy ochreous ; crown of head and hind neck 

 dull ashy, the crest-feathers dark vermilion, with blackish centres and 

 dusky tips ; lores, eyelid, feathers below the eye, and fore part of 

 cheeks dull white : ear-coverts dull ashy ; a malar spot and chin 

 blackish ; remainder of under surface ochreous buff, paler on the 

 abdomen and more ashy on the throat ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts pale rosy, washed with ochreous ; quills dusky below, pale 

 rosy along the inner web. Total length 7 inches, culmen - 7, wing 

 3-25, tail 3, tarsus 0-9. 



Hub. Venezuela and Trinidad, Colombia. 



a. S ad. sk. [Colombia.] Sclater Coll. 



b. $ ad. sk. Carupano, Venezuela {A. Sclater Coll. 



Goering). 



c. J ad. sk. Carupano, Jan. 1867 (A. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Goering). 



d. £ ad. sk. Venezuela. J. Gould, Esq. (Type 



of species.) 



